Well you can take heart from all the people and organisations doing amazing things in Gloucestershire.

Here are some examples of what some inspiring groups of people are doing on Justgiving - and how you could help.

Man with MS takes first steps in a decade - now he's raising money for a new machine in hospital

Roy Palmer, 49, from Quedgeley was told to resign himself to a wheelchair but he is back on his feet for the first time in a decade after pioneering treatment to cure his Multiple Sclerosis.

Roy Palmer who had MS, and has received stem cell treatment, enabling him to walk for the first time in 6 years, after being wheelchair bound with the effects of his illness. his wife Helen, son Jack, 20, and daughter Abi, 12.

Now he's raising money for a new machine at Hammersmith Hospital - where he was treated - to treat more cancer, leukaemia and multiple sclerosis patients.